Bedfordshire Probate Records: Difference between revisions

For a list of the Bedfordshire parishes that were exceptions to this, and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them, click [[Bedfordshire Probate Court Jurisdictions|here]]. <br>

Index of Bedfordshire probate records, 1484-1858 This includes indexes for the Court of the Archdeacon of Bedford, the Peculiar Court of Biggleswade and the Peculiar Court of Leighton Buzzard[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=703748&disp=Index+of+Bedfordshire+probate+records%2C%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Archdeaconry of Bedfordshire. Court FHL films 88007-88009[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=221664&disp=Probate+records%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>English wills, 1498-1526 which are transcribed and many from the Archdeacon of Bedford [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=116542&disp=English+wills%2C+1498%2D1526%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Bedfordshire wills, 1480-1519 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=79682&disp=Bedfordshire+wills%2C+1480%2D1519%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>The peculiar court of Leighton Buzzard&nbsp;: persons named in wills proved 1701-1846 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1474249&disp=The+peculiar+court+of+Leighton+Buzzard%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Index of Bedfordshire probate records, 1484-1858 The peculiar court of Leighton Buzzard [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=703748&disp=Index+of+Bedfordshire+probate+records%2C%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Wills and administrations, 1624-1858 See FHL fims 95109 and 95100 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=291040&disp=Wills+and+administrations++]<br>Prebendal Court (Leighton-Buzzard) Probate records, 1537-1842 Index 1736-1846 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=252871&disp=Probate+records%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Index of Bedfordshire probate records, 1484-1858 The peculiar court of Biggleswade[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=703748&disp=Index+of+Bedfordshire+probate+records%2C%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Index to records of Lincoln Peculiar Courts with Peculiar of Biggleswade [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=4791&disp=Index+to+records+of+Lincoln+Peculiar+Cou%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Probate records for the Commissary Court of Lincoln for the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon, 1559-1857, 1559-1857 The Act books contain some Admon Grants from the Peculiar Court of Biggleswade [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=374857&disp=Probate+records+for+the+Commissary+Court++]<br>Some transcripts of Bedfordshire Wills at Lambeth and Lincoln 1387-1570 v. 14 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=124544&disp=The+Publications+of+the+Bedfordshire+His%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Bedfordshire wills 1601-1652 at probate registry Lincoln, England, all name index [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=132268&disp=Bedfordshire+wills+1601%2D1652+at+probat%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Everton and Swineshead parishes have some references in the following court record Probate records for the Commissary Court of Lincoln for the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon, 1559-1857, 1559-1857 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=374857&disp=Probate+records+for+the+Commissary+Court%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>

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Starting in 1796, a tax or death duty was payable on estates over a certain value. Estate duty abstracts may add considerable information not found elsewhere. Between 1796-1858 estate duty indexes may help locate a will. For more information, go to [[Estate Duty Records]].<br>

Beginning in 1858, the government took over the&nbsp;settlement of estates and all&nbsp;wills are now probated through the [[Principal Probate Registry|Principal Probate Registry]] system.&nbsp; The system consists of 11 district registry offices and&nbsp;18 sub-district registries, located throughout England and Wales, and&nbsp;the principal registry&nbsp;office located in London.&nbsp; The records are available through the office of Her Majesty's Courts Service.&nbsp; To learn more, go to the [http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/infoabout/civil/probate/index.htm HMCS website].  

A&nbsp;country-wide surname index to the records is available, so it is much easier to look for post-1857 wills.&nbsp; The [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=208102&disp=Calendar+of+the+grants+of+probate+and+le%20%20&columns=*,0,0 indexes] for 1858-1957 and the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=authordetails&authorno=301365&name=Great+Britain%2E+Principal+Probate+Registry%2C+null&columns=*,0,0 records] for 1858-1925 are available in microfilm at the Family History Library.<br>